Subject: RE: Triathletes for the metric systemHmmm...the metric system. That is an interesting concept. If you think about it, it is a good idea. Track and cross-country athletes in the US are brought up using these distances. In high school it is not the mile run, it is the 1600 meter run. This is in fact about 4 feet shorter than a mile. In cross-country, athletes run anywhere from 5k, 6k, 8k, or 10k. I believe it is a good idea to move to the metric system. First it is a decimal system. For those of you that are not good in math, it is base 10. It is easy to move from one unit to the next. There is no use of 12's or 3's or 5280's. Doing scale on maps would be much easier. That's a different point on it's own.
Second, children going through school would have a better concept of this system. They are the future. They are taught the metric system, so why not let them use it? They are taught how to read, they end up using this through their life span. Adding and subtracting is another thing they use on a regular basis. Give them the metric system to use.
Finally, if it weren't for a couple of votes either in the house of reps or in the senate back in the 70's, the US would be using the metric system. However, there were a couple of older politicians that did not want it to pass so they voted against it.
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